Our Background
Personal Profile
Forist Audio Productions was built inside the underground music scene — not from a boardroom, but from rehearsal spaces, DIY venues, tour vans, and long nights chasing the right take.
Founded by a musician and audio professional rooted in hardcore, death metal, and heavy alternative music, Forist Audio Productions serves artists who want recordings that feel authentic, powerful, and intentional. We understand heavy music from the inside out — from songwriting and arrangement to performance, recording, and final delivery.
Beyond the studio, we actively engage with the local and regional music community, building relationships with seasoned industry professionals as well as up-and-coming artists and engineers. Learning from established voices while collaborating with emerging talent keeps our work grounded, current, and connected to where the scene is heading.
With experience across live sound, studio production, and technical audio environments, our approach blends creative instinct with engineering discipline. Every project is treated with care, preparation, and attention to detail — because the details are what make a record last.
Forist Audio Productions exists to help artists translate their identity into recordings that hit as hard as their live set — and stand up in today’s release and label landscape.
Founder: Ryan Forist
Our
Approach
We approach production as a collaboration, not a transaction. Every project starts with understanding the artist's identity, goals, and sound before touching a mic or plugin. The focus is always on performances that feel real, mixes that hit hard, and records that translate across modern platforms without losing character.
What We Work On
We primarily work with heavy, aggressive, and alternative artists - including hardcore, death metal, metalcore, punk, thrash, and experimental projects. Services include recording, production, mixing, and release-ready preparation/mastering for independent and label-bound projects. From demos to full releases, were ready to rock.
Community and Industry Connection
Forist Audio Productions is actively connected to the local and regional music ecosystem, collaborating with artists, engineers, promoters, and industry professionals to stay current and contribute meaningfully to the scene.